Struggling Excelsior are desperate to pull off a surprise when they play enterprising Ajax in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 5th and the home supporters will have not-so-high expectations.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (47) in Eredivisie
9-1-0 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Ajax when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those ten matches are 23-5 (scored/conceded).
It's no vacation for neither Excelsior nor Ajax as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Excelsior form and stats
The complete Eredivisie results at home this season for Excelsior are 5-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Excelsior hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Feyenoord, PSV, FC Twente, Sparta Rotterdam and AZ), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Excelsior has recorded two wins in a row here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Excelsior lost their last game at FC Utrecht (placed 7th) after a 0-1 scoreline. van Gassel had a busy but productive day in the FC Utrecht match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against FC Volendam.Excelsior are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Excelsior's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Excelsior hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FC Groningen, FC Emmen, SC Cambuur, FC Volendam and Vitesse), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ajax collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Eredivisie. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Ajax has showed their ability to avoid defeat with six draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 83 days ago, in the PSV fixture.
Ajax delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against FC Volendam (placed 16th) in their previous fixture. The draw against FC Volendam came from a losing position. The Ajax manager Schreuder brought on Kudus as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Attacker Tadić got a player rating of 8.1 in the game. "Man of the match" Tadić hit nine key passes and had 56 successful passes (of 69 total).
A 1-1 draw at Feyenoord's stadium before that.Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 11 of this club's latest 12 league matches.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ajax are regular goalscorers on their travels. 12 goals have been conceded by Ajax in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent matches involving these two teams have all finished as Ajax victories. Are we destined for another one?Excelsior and Ajax have faced each other previously this season: Ajax - Excelsior 7-1.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 8 goals |  B. Brobbey 8 goals |  M. Kudus 6 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Ajax missing players
| Excelsior | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 47 |
| 39 | 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 61% |
| 39% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 50% |
| 22% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 44% | 39% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6.1 | 7.8 |
| 6.7 | 7 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 12 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15.6 | 18.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.7 | 6.9 |
| 30% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 39% | 38% |
| 17.5 | 15.6 | 24.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 11 | 8.9 |
| 7.7 | 5.8 | 11.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Ajax have created more than twice as many corners as Excelsior.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Excelsior.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (47) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Excelsior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | AZ | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | PSV | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 35 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | Ajax | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 34 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | NEC | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Excelsior | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 19 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -17 | 15 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -24 | 13 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -18 | 12 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 12 |
